Australia CEO: no more coal-fired plants needed

The head of a major Australian power
company has said his firm has “no intention” of building additional coal-fired power
plants despite Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s call for their construction,
the Power Engineering International reported on January 16.

Indeed, Martin Moore, CEO of Queensland
state government-owned CS Energy, told Australian news outlet ABC that “it
would surprise me greatly if there were ever any more coal-fired technology
built in Australia”.

Moore also said clean coal technology is
“not game-changing”, pointing out that an ultra-supercritical coal-fired plant
“produces twice the emissions of gas-fired technology” as well as costing
around AUD2bn ($1.5bn).

"These assets have a plant life
roughly of 40 years, so it's a very big long-term bet,” he said. "I think
it would be a very courageous board that would invest in coal-fired technology
in Australia."

In a speech earlier this month, Turnbull
called for more clean coal plants and said both coal and natural gas will have
a significant role to play in Australia’s energy future.

He said that in the coming years Australia
“will need more synchronous baseload power and as the world’s largest coal
exporter, we have a vested interest in showing that we can provide both lower
emissions and reliable baseload power with state-of-the-art clean coal-fired
technology.”

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